BJP takes big lead; Watch BJP's Sambit Patra speaks to Zee News Sudhir Chaudhary on latest trends. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken a big lead and at 10:20 am was ahead in 110 seats in the Karnataka Assembly elections 2018 as just two short of the halfway mark of 112 seats. The ruling Congress was second with 62 seats while the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) was at the third spot with 48.